It will be half a year in 9 days until the Korean presidential election in March next year.
Major political parties are in the process of internal elections to determine official candidates, and will be elected by the fall.
In South Korea, a presidential election will be held on March 9, next year to select a successor to President Moon Jae-in.
With nine days to the election and six months, major political parties are in the process of in-party elections to select official candidates for the party.
Of these, the Democratic Party of Korea, an innovative ruling party that supports the Mun administration, has six people fighting, and since last week, party members have been voting in each region.
In the two regions so far, Governor Lee Jae-myung of Gyeonggi-do, the suburb of Seoul, which has received the most support in polls, leads the other candidates with a voter turnout of more than 50%. And we are advancing the election in an advantageous way.
On the other hand, in the "People Power Party" of the largest conservative opposition party aiming to regain power, 15 people initially ran, but after the subsequent examination, 12 people are currently fighting.
In "People Power Party," former prosecutor Yoon Seok-you, who pursued the suspicion of the Mun administration and confronted the administration, has gained high support in opinion polls.
However, here, veteran lawmakers who ran for the last election are expanding their support and trying to catch up.
"Democratic Party of Korea" is scheduled to decide official candidates in October and "People Power Party" in November, and both parties want to boost the party elections through policy debates and win the support of voters.
Who is the right person for the next president?
The Korean polling agency, Gallup Korea, announced on the 3rd of this month the results of a poll that asked about the right person for the next president.
According to this, in the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, Governor Lee Jae-myung of Gyeonggi Province received the most support with 24% of the respondents, ranking first overall.
In addition, former Prime Minister Lee Na-gyung (Lee Nak-yon), who has been stationed in Tokyo as a correspondent for the Korean media and is also known as the “Chinese-Japanese faction,” continues at 8%.
On the other hand, in the conservative opposition "People Power Party," former prosecutor Yoon Seok-you has 19% of support and is competing with the ruling governor Lee Jae-myung. increase.
In addition, veteran Hong Joon-pyo, who ran for the last presidential election, accounted for 6%, up 4 points from a month ago.
However, 32% of respondents have not disclosed who they support at this time.
When asked which candidate the ruling or
opposition party wants to win, 49% want to win the opposition candidate for the change of government
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37% want to win the ruling party candidate to maintain the government. I am.